Hamura

History

The area of present-day Hamura has been inhabited since Japanese Paleolithic times, and numerous remains from the Jōmon, Yayoi and Kofun periods have been discovered. During the Nara period, it became part of ancient Musashi Province. The Tamagawa Josui, an artificial waterway completed in 1653 to divert water from the Tama River and carry it as drinking water to Edo, begins in what is now part of Hamura. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, several hamlets (one of which was named Hane-mura) merged to form Nishitama Village in Nishitama District, at that time part of Kanagawa Prefecture. The entire district was transferred to the control of Tokyo Prefecture on April 1, 1893. In 1956, Nishitama Village became the town of Hamura. On November 1, 1991, Hamura was elevated to city status.

Geography

Hamura is approximately in the west-center of Tokyo Metropolis, on the Musashino Terrace. It flanks the Tama River about upriver from the mouth. Hamura is composed of the following neighborhoods: Fujimidaira, Futabacho, Gonokami, Hane, Hanehigashi, Kawasaki, Midorigaoka, Ozakudai, Shinmeidai, Tamagawa, Yokotakichinai. Tokyo Metropolis *Akiruno *Fussa *Mizuho *Ōme Hamura has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hamura is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1998 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.7 °C.

Most-observed species

• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  4,225
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  4,137
• Cinereous Tit

  Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  3,565
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,864
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,702
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,678
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,646
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,452

Most recent

• M 5.7 — 2026-06-26
  7 km N of Oshino, Japan
• M 4.5 — 2026-06-26
  5 km NE of Noda, Japan
• M 5.5 — 2026-06-16
  4 km NW of Noda, Japan
• M 4 — 2026-05-24
  3 km W of Fussa, Japan
• M 4.3 — 2026-05-12
  6 km SW of Oyama, Japan
• M 4.4 — 2026-05-07
  2 km W of Iwase, Japan